Rodriguez, will Force India let him race?

There's a mystery about Roldan Rodriguez's future. The 22-year-old Spanish driver was presented as a Spyker test driver last September 20th in Madrid, but according to many his chances of landing in the team, recently renamed Force India, even as a regular driver are high. To date, only rumors, without any official confirmation.

But it may have been the Spanish automotive federation, the Real Federacio'n Espanola de Automovilismo, which published the announcement of Rodriguez's hiring as the team's 2008 starting driver on its official website. According to RFEDA, the announcement was made at Interlagos by the Indian Vijay Mallya, new co-owner of the team.

But that of the Iberian federation sounds a lot like a gaffe, given that official announcements from the team have not yet arrived. Indeed, just today Colin Kolles, speaking to SportMotores.es, recalled: "Roldan Rodriguez has a contract as a test driver with us for the winter tests and must obtain the superlicence. At that point we will decide whether he will be a regular driver for Force India. "

In short, Fernando Alonso is not the only Spanish driver to shake up the drivers' market. And if the haste of the Real Federacio'n turns out to be a bad advisor, Roldan could still console himself with GP2, where he has a second year of contract in hand to always race at the wheel of Minardi Piquet Sports. Better than this'…

Fabrizio Corgnati